BIX-Bibliotheksindex: Public Libraries

2015

Stadtbücherei Soest
Contact	Juliane Buff
Street	Severinstraße 10
City	59494 Soest
Phone	02921/103-1111
Email	mail@stadtbuecherei-soest.de
Internet	http://www.stadtbuecherei-soest.de
Country/State	Nordrhein-Westfalen
"Wegweiser Kommune"	Demography Type 6

Services

Collection units per capita	1,3
User floor space in sqm per 1.000 capita	16
Employees per 1.000 capita	0,16
Computer workstations per 10.000 capita	4,4
Internet services	7
Events per 1.000 capita	1,9

Usage

Library Visits per capita	2,0
Virtual library visits per capita	1,1
Loans per capita	5,4
Stock turnover rate	4,2
Total opening hours per year per 1.000 capita	32

Efficiency

Acquisitions budget per loan (in Euros)	0,35
Employee hours per opening hour	10,0
Visits per opening hour	61,3
Current expenditure per visit	6,03

Development

Renewal rate (%)	9,8
Advanced training per employee (%)	1,8
Capital investment per capita	0,04

Basis data
Inhabitants	48.012
Total media collections (in media units)	61.653
Acquisitions (in media units)	6.061
User floor space in sqm	780
Total number of staff (in FTE)	7,88
Computer workstations	21
Website	yes
Opac	yes
Interactive account management	yes
Electronic reference services	yes
Electronic resources	yes
Pro-active information services	no
Web 2.0 services	yes
WLAN	yes
Virtual library visits (sessions)	51.064
Library visits	94.383
Circulation (in media units)	258.523
Spending on media acquisition, incl. binding and licences (in euros)	89.489
Total opening hours per year	1.539
Current library expenditure (in euros)	569.301
Capital investments (in euros)	1.804
Employees’ advanced training (in hours)	273
Number of events	89
Registered (active) users	4.177
Computer workstations (web-enabled)	13
Total Number of libraries	1
Thereof number of branch libraries	0
Thereof number of mobile libraries	0
Employees’ overall hours (gross working time) per year	15.366
Opening hours per week (main library)	31,0
Library charge	yes

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